name-style

Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

Remarks

Used to choose an inversion algorithm, for sorting names “correctly”, or for other processing functions

With these Elements

<name>
<string-name>
Value Meaning
eastern The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
given-only The single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name.
islensk The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name.
western The name will be displayed with the given name preceding the family name, but will be sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
Default value: western

Example


...  
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
<surname>Sonoda</surname>
<given-names>Naoko</given-names>
</name>
...